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01-09-2005, 07:38 AM

Mike wrote:
>Those tires with the Hello, Kitty design are too much!

Now there's a heretofore missed marketing opportunity: Custom treads
with the message of your choice embedded in them.

Someone on rec.bicycles.soc (All vandespam, all the time) needs to see
this!

--Karen M.
baiting the troll

01-09-2005, 07:38 AM

Mike wrote:
>Those tires with the Hello, Kitty design are too much!

Now there's a heretofore missed marketing opportunity: Custom treads
with the message of your choice embedded in them.

Someone on rec.bicycles.soc (All vandespam, all the time) needs to see
this!

--Karen M.
baiting the troll

01-09-2005, 07:38 AM

Mike wrote:
>Those tires with the Hello, Kitty design are too much!

Now there's a heretofore missed marketing opportunity: Custom treads
with the message of your choice embedded in them.

Someone on rec.bicycles.soc (All vandespam, all the time) needs to see
this!

--Karen M.
baiting the troll

01-09-2005, 09:12 AM

: > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a bike
it
: > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a woman
is
: > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
: > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
:
: And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
: started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life back
: from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Yeah, and she doesn't ride enough to work up heavy breathing or that sweater
wrapped around her shoulders wouldn't be there. The whole ad just says
"bikes are toys that you use to hold the flowers you've gathered for your
basket--but not anything else."

01-09-2005, 09:12 AM

: > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a bike
it
: > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a woman
is
: > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
: > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
:
: And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
: started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life back
: from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Yeah, and she doesn't ride enough to work up heavy breathing or that sweater
wrapped around her shoulders wouldn't be there. The whole ad just says
"bikes are toys that you use to hold the flowers you've gathered for your
basket--but not anything else."

01-09-2005, 09:12 AM

: > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a bike
it
: > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a woman
is
: > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
: > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
:
: And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
: started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life back
: from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Yeah, and she doesn't ride enough to work up heavy breathing or that sweater
wrapped around her shoulders wouldn't be there. The whole ad just says
"bikes are toys that you use to hold the flowers you've gathered for your
basket--but not anything else."

01-09-2005, 09:12 AM

: > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a bike
it
: > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a woman
is
: > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
: > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
:
: And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
: started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life back
: from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Yeah, and she doesn't ride enough to work up heavy breathing or that sweater
wrapped around her shoulders wouldn't be there. The whole ad just says
"bikes are toys that you use to hold the flowers you've gathered for your
basket--but not anything else."

01-09-2005, 09:35 AM

Michael Warner wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:16:15 -0600, Pat wrote:
>
> > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a
bike it
> > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a
woman is
> > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
> > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
>
> And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
> started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life
back
> from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Well, I started to ride a bike and eat more fibre at the same
time....maybe there is something to that commercial. When I was
raising my kids my sons wanted DUKES OF HAZARDS and INCREDIBLE HULK
bikes and Big Wheels that were of the macho persuasion. My daughter
wanted a Strawberry Shortcake bicycle and a Cabbage Patch big
wheel....and everything had to be pink and have baskets and bells. My
boys wanted air horns. Personally I had hand me down bikes from my
brother because my father did not think a girl should ride a bike. I
had to wait for big bro to get a new one and he would let me ride his.
He made a tomboy out of me despite parental pushing to ballet shoes. So
things are getting better. We've come a long way baby.
Maggie.

01-09-2005, 09:35 AM

Michael Warner wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:16:15 -0600, Pat wrote:
>
> > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a
bike it
> > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a
woman is
> > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
> > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
>
> And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
> started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life
back
> from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Well, I started to ride a bike and eat more fibre at the same
time....maybe there is something to that commercial. When I was
raising my kids my sons wanted DUKES OF HAZARDS and INCREDIBLE HULK
bikes and Big Wheels that were of the macho persuasion. My daughter
wanted a Strawberry Shortcake bicycle and a Cabbage Patch big
wheel....and everything had to be pink and have baskets and bells. My
boys wanted air horns. Personally I had hand me down bikes from my
brother because my father did not think a girl should ride a bike. I
had to wait for big bro to get a new one and he would let me ride his.
He made a tomboy out of me despite parental pushing to ballet shoes. So
things are getting better. We've come a long way baby.
Maggie.

01-09-2005, 09:35 AM

Michael Warner wrote:
> On Sat, 8 Jan 2005 09:16:15 -0600, Pat wrote:
>
> > That on television commercials using bicycles, if a man is riding a
bike it
> > will be a beach cruiser type with longhorn handlebars--- and if a
woman is
> > the rider, her bike will be the old step-through design with full
fenders
> > AND have a wicker basket on the handlebars?
>
> And based on ads here, she's only able to ride the bike because she's
> started taking a fibre supplement. It's symbolic of getting her life
back
> from the horrors of constipation, or something.

Well, I started to ride a bike and eat more fibre at the same
time....maybe there is something to that commercial. When I was
raising my kids my sons wanted DUKES OF HAZARDS and INCREDIBLE HULK
bikes and Big Wheels that were of the macho persuasion. My daughter
wanted a Strawberry Shortcake bicycle and a Cabbage Patch big
wheel....and everything had to be pink and have baskets and bells. My
boys wanted air horns. Personally I had hand me down bikes from my
brother because my father did not think a girl should ride a bike. I
had to wait for big bro to get a new one and he would let me ride his.
He made a tomboy out of me despite parental pushing to ballet shoes. So
things are getting better. We've come a long way baby.
Maggie.